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COVID-19 Vaccine Injection - Pfizer, First Dose

California rates for HCPCS 0001A

Covers giving the first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine into the upper arm muscle. The service is the work of the visit itself: a brief health check, drawing up and injecting the dose, talking through what to expect afterward, and watching the person for a short period. The vaccine product itself is recorded separately from the work of giving it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Vaccine Injection - Pfizer, First Dose cost?

$245

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 to $245.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $245 to $245Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $34 to $398
$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $245professional $79

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11

Where California sits

The same service costs 4073.8 times more in Indiana than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $245 · 5th of 30
IN $63,096NM $15.49

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.